The idea for this quilt came from a Sizzix die - the chevron - though we all know the shape is a parallelogram don't we Helen!
I bought the die in about August/September last year and needed to test it to see if it worked.
I chose to test it on my growing collection of hand screen printed Karen Lewis Textiles (formerly known as Blueberry Park - bit like Prince you know!)
I tried out a few different layouts
Before I chose this one
which paired them with my supply of charm squares and it was all going well!
I even wrote a tutorial of sorts here in case you want to make your own version.
Imagine the hours of pleasure I had matching or contrasting Karen's lovely prints to my charm squares...I got quite carried away to the extent that Karen suggested my quilt was surely big enough ...!
I started squaring up the edges
...forgetting they were supposed to be this way round.
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I got around to sorting it all out into a quilt shape this month with some partial blocks...
Into a lovely quilt top I was very pleased with
I chose a backing fabric by Lotta Jansdotter (with a bit of text fabric sliced in to make it big enough)as I thought Karen would approve. Well Saffy liked it!
And yesterday at about midnight I finished stitching down my quiet binding.
And here is my KLT (Karen Lewis Textiles) quilt - can't call it chevron as that annoys Helen too much (maths teacher)!
At the end of next month I will be linking this quilt up to
I bought the die in about August/September last year and needed to test it to see if it worked.
I chose to test it on my growing collection of hand screen printed Karen Lewis Textiles (formerly known as Blueberry Park - bit like Prince you know!)
I tried out a few different layouts
which paired them with my supply of charm squares and it was all going well!
I even wrote a tutorial of sorts here in case you want to make your own version.
Imagine the hours of pleasure I had matching or contrasting Karen's lovely prints to my charm squares...I got quite carried away to the extent that Karen suggested my quilt was surely big enough ...!
I started squaring up the edges
I got around to sorting it all out into a quilt shape this month with some partial blocks...
Into a lovely quilt top I was very pleased with
I chose a backing fabric by Lotta Jansdotter (with a bit of text fabric sliced in to make it big enough)as I thought Karen would approve. Well Saffy liked it!
And yesterday at about midnight I finished stitching down my quiet binding.
And here is my KLT (Karen Lewis Textiles) quilt - can't call it chevron as that annoys Helen too much (maths teacher)!
At the end of next month I will be linking this quilt up to
It's so beautiful!! Tempted to make one myself but have wips to finish first! Love the backing choice too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous quilt!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great quilt! Love those fabrics.:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat block. The fabrics are wonderful and I love how the charms are a focal point of each "square-in-a-chevron" ;)
ReplyDeleteI love the pattern of this quilt! And the final result as well! Thanks for the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out very lovely N. Lots of pretty colours to look at.
ReplyDeleteTotally gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHave loved seeing it grow on IG. Will it be yours?
You're doing it again - riding that wave of quilt finishes! Brilliant! Jxo
ReplyDeleteCongratulation on the lovely finish. You said you finished the binding at midnight last nigh? Ah! Ha! I knew you didn't sleep lol. I ♥ this quilt. The fabric is so interesting. Great work Nicky.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen this pattern before. It turned out great. I really like all the different colors and patterns in the material. Wonderful quilt.
ReplyDeletesuper quilt, and it sounds like it was a fun project matching up colours and different fabrics! You can't beat just playing with fabric choices sometimes!!
ReplyDeletegorgeous!!
ReplyDeletelove all the little feature charm squares.
Wow, I think this may be my favourite quilt of yours!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I just finished a conversation with someone about the memo that all cats must have received about sleeping on in-progress quilts! I see yours got the memo as well!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI liked that layout best, too, and you made such a lovely quilt. Thanks for sharing all the process photos. It's so fun to see what your were thinking and how you stepped through the work.
ReplyDeleteLots of lovely colours in there, I'm still hoarding mine...
ReplyDeleteOhhhhhh, wow!!! It's stunning!
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful, your ability to place all the colours is just so excellent.
ReplyDeleteIt is gorgeous and looks like it was a lot of fun to make.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous! I want one!
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